Overview
- Rabbi Elie Lemmel was struck with a chair at the Neuilly-sur-Seine market on June 6, suffering wounds to his face and forehead and requiring hospital treatment.
- Police apprehended a 28-year-old suspect who was unarmed and unknown to authorities, and he remains in custody pending investigation.
- Investigators report that the suspect, who speaks only Arabic, carries German identity papers and was born in the Gaza Strip.
- The attack follows a May 30 assault in Deauville where Lemmel was beaten by three intoxicated individuals, highlighting a pattern of targeting Jewish figures.
- The Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France and the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine condemned the violence and cited the record 1,570 anti-Semitic incidents registered in France in 2024.